Surf volunteer in South Africa

For a long time, I wanted to travel solo and visit South Africa. I felt like joining a volunteering program to meet people from different cultures and give something back to a local community. Through others I heard about Surfpop. Since I am a passionate surfer, this volunteering program was a perfect match.
I did a lot of research on the sustainability of the various volunteering programs. For me it was very important to only provide good things to the community and not be a part of volunteerism with negative implications. Surfpop matched with everything I was looking for. They provide help to disadvantaged kids in all aspects of life and they help them until they have a proper job or can go to college; until they have a future.

Cape Town is such an amazing city. It has the most beautiful coastline, beaches and waves. You can also hike the stunning hills and mountains. The city center has a vibrant social culture and many creative spots to go to. Great food and the surf is awesome. The combination of all these things makes Cape Town my favorite travel destination

I would recommend it to anyone who wants to do something meaningful and fun. Surfpop works on a sustainable future for the disadvantaged children. Everything about my trip was special. I loved helping the kids with their surfing and seeing them improve. The people I met were really nice, and I learned a lot about myself too. It was a great adventure.

Surfpop is an amazing program where I had a wonderful time for 2 month. All the founding and help is directly aimed towards supporting the children so your input has the maximum impact. It was a great experience working with the children, seeing them grow, learn and to develop and to collaborate with the superb Surfpop staff. There was plenty of time next to the program to improve your own surfing and to explore the amazing area around Capetown. Bongi and Celine also put a lot of effort into creating a fun time for the volunteers either with recommendations or by taking you an trips. I cant recommend the program enough.

The foundation combines a sport and helping kids, so it was the perfect combination for me! The people that work here are amazing and so nice. The days here start with a chilled breakfast and then a nice surf lesson in the water. After that you get lunch and you either go to the school to help the kids with their homework or you go surfing with the kids. After that you can do whatever you want, so it’s always a perfect day! And every volunteer here is really nice and welcoming, so I definitely recommend this programme!

During my time in South-Africa I really enjoyed being with surfpop! It is a great combination of discovering the region of cape-town and helping the kids out with school and surfing. They guide you around the place and when you are with the employees of surfpop you are safe!

They are doing a great job and I hope they keep on doing this to help out the kids in need!

The program is full of trips and fun things during the first couple months. I really loved climbinh the table mountain and the surftrip to witsands!

The Surfpop volunteering project is highly recommended for anyone who wants to contribute to the kids from Capetown. It is very valuable to see and experience how the organization is providing the kids opportunities via surfing ánd extra education.
Next to this, the project also offers to see and explore Cape town Which makes it a nice combination of volunteering work and ‘holiday’.
It is highly recommended to stay at least 3-4 weeks at the project. This is mainly because it takes a week or 2 to really bond with the kids and create a connection. It was already very hard for me to say goodbye after 3,5 weeks.